File Format Support
The various file types the software can read/write.
OMF | AAF | MIDI | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others | |
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Acoustica | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | read only | No | AU, WMA |
Ardour | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | W64 | ||||
Audacity | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | AMR |
Audiobook Cutter Free Edition | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | MP3 audiobook |
AudioChain | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | AIFC, AU, SND, RAW PCM |
AudioDesk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | import/export | No | SDII (native) |
Audiotool | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Audition | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | WMA | ||||
BIAS Peak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Cubase | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||
Diamond Cut ART | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Digital Performer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | import/export | No | SDII (native) |
Ecasound | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
FL Studio | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | XI |
GarageBand | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||||
Goldwave | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Windows Media Audio, AU, Monkey's Audio, VOX, mat, snd, voc |
Jokosher | No | No | No | No | |||||||
Kristal | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Live | No | No | Yes | Yes | Partial (Only read) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SDII (Mac OSX Only) |
LMMS | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Logic Express/Studio | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Meteor Multi Track Recorder | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No |
Mixcraft | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | import only | No | |
MP3 Recorder Studio | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
mp3DirectCut | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
mp3TrueEdit | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
MuLab | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
MultitrackStudio | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
MusE | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
N-Track | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | WMA, EDL, WAV64 |
Nuendo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
NU-Tech | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Podium | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Podium Free | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pro Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (7.4) | Yes | No | SDII (Mac OSX Only) | ||
Pyramix | Yes | Yes | Partial (tempo map, bars and beats) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | SDII, RIFF64, PMF, MTFF, BWF, DSD, DXD, MXF, WMA, DSDIFF, XML, AES31, OpenTL, EDL, |
Qtractor | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | CAF, HTK, IFF/8SVX, MAT4/5, PAF, PVF, RAW, SDII, SDS, SF, VOC, W64, XI |
REAPER | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | APE, BWF, MOOG, W64, WavPack |
Reason | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | SF2, ReFill |
Record | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | SF2, ReFill |
Renoise | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | MP4, MP4A, CAF |
ReZound | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RiffWorks | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Rosegarden | No | No | |||||||||
SADiE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | AIFC, IDS, BWF, Lightworks, cartchunk, SDII, WAV64, BWF-WAV64 |
Samplitude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | WMA, RealAudio |
SONAR | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | W64, CAF, SDII, AU |
Sound Forge | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | SWF (open only), RealAudio & RealVideo (export only), WMA and WMV, AVI, AIF, SND, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, AU, DIG, IVC, PCA, W64, FRG, VOX, AA3, OMA, CDA, AC-3 studio (save only), RAW |
Soundbooth | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Soundscape 32 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SoX | ? | ? | ? | Yes | External LAME | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | AU and other audio file formats |
SpectraLayers | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | .caf, .alac, RAW/PCM, .rm, .au, .snd, AVI, MXF, MP1, MP2, MP4, MKV, Quicktime, .vob, .wmv, WMA |
Studio One | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | OpenTL, BWF, RF64, PreSonus Capture Session, Steinberg Cubase Track Archive, Steinberg Sequel Project, Kristal Audio Engine Project |
Sweep | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Total Recorder | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | PCM (uncompressed), WMA, Monkey's Audio (APE). |
Tracktion | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Traverso | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | WavPack | |||
Usine | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | read only | No | ||||
VirtualDJ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
WaveLab | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | AU, MP2, RAW |
WaveSurfer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OMF | AAF | MIDI | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others |
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